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Mets hiring Luis Rojas gets seal of approval from Bruce Bochy

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Bruce Bochy knows managing.

He is the epitome of managerial experience and success — three World Series championships over a five-year period with the Giants — and he believes Luis Rojas has what it takes as he takes over as Mets manager.

Bochy is longtime friends with Rojas’ father, Felipe Alou, who managed 14 years in the majors, including four years with the Giants, and was around Bochy’s Giants as an adviser to the team. Bochy followed Alou as manager of the Giants in 2007. The two men go all the way back to 1977 and the Florida State League.